More About Superior Accounting

Most successful businesses plan for profits and all smart business owners plan to pay lower taxes. Let us help you clean up your books, or work to improve your current accounting processes, to ensure you’re standing on solid ground when making decisions to increase your profits.

We’ll help you take a pro-active approach to tax planning and strategy so you can avoid paying unnecessary taxes. Low profits are not ideal. High profits, with an equally high tax bracket, is only slightly better. Let’s discuss how to increase your sales, lower your expenses, and use any and all legal methods to pay the least amount of tax possible. You’d be surprised at how many write-offs are available for small business owners.

“Plans are nothing; planning is everything” -Dwight D. Eisenhower

Services

Bookkeeping

Customized accounting processes are essential for accurate and timely reporting. We tailor our services to your needs, as no two companies are the same. We want to get to know you and your business, so we can provide the reports you need, when you need them. Clean books give you power to confidently move forward in decision making and in forming a wise tax strategy.

Pricing

We offer daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting packages starting at just $75 per month. We also offer QuickBooks training and cleanup work at an hourly rate, for companies with a smaller accounting budget.

Tax Preparation

Filing your taxes shouldn’t be a stressful task, but it generally turns out that way for most individuals and business owners. A little preparation and a few key changes can make all the difference in how much tax you pay. Many of these changes must be planned and executed in advance and cannot be applied to past periods, so timing is key. The best part is that many of these strategies have little or no cost to implement. We can make you aware of which changes will benefit you most, and then implement the changes as soon as possible.

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Payroll

We offer low cost payroll solutions for our Utah based clients. In addition to processing your company payroll, we take care of your payroll tax filing requirements with both the state and federal agencies, as well as process your year-end W2’s and 1099’s. We can also file your quarterly estimated tax payments.

Other Services

QuickBooks Hosting

Access your QuickBooks file from any computer or device with the internet. We also have options to set your company up on a virtual server, allowing your company to work in the server environment, but at a much lower cost than owning the required hardware.

Outsourced CFO

Hiring an outsourced CFO is an ideal option for companies wanting professional accounting advice, without having to pay the salary of a full time CFO or controller. Let us use our over forty years of combined experience to give you a new perspective, that may help you overcome hurdles that have long held you back. We will help in the following areas:

Periodic Financial Reviews

Budgeting and Forecasting

Cash Flow Analysis

Tax Compliance

Tax Planning/Strategy

Resources

Our Team

Ben Fellmeth

Partner

After receiving an accounting degree from Southern Utah University in 2009, Ben immediately took a job managing the bookkeeping department for a small Utah accounting firm. In 2012, he started Superior Accounting Solutions and has been working with small business owners ever since.

Ben is from a small town in southern Utah and comes from a large family of eleven. In his spare time, he enjoys hiking, four-wheeling, camping, and anything else out doors with his wife Sarah. Ben’s goal in starting Superior Accounting Solutions was to help small business owners use tax strategy and financial analysis to increase their profitability and legally keep as many of those profits from the IRS as possible.

Francis Lyman

Partner

Francis is a partner at Superior Accounting Solutions. He graduated at the top of his class from BYU, one of the nation’s top accounting programs, and has 10 years of experience working as an outsourced controller/CFO for dozens of Utah’s fast-growing companies. He is also an IT specialist and runs a cloud computing company in his spare time.

Francis is married with four kids and loves riding his dirt bike and camping with his family. His passion is in using technology to create solutions for small business owners. Francis is a big believer in the free market system and loves helping Utah companies grow and thrive in their communities.

Peter Vanvalkenburg

Director of Sales and Marketing

Peter is the newest addition to the Superior Accounting team. After graduating with his degree in finance from Southern Utah University, he went into the banking industry. He recently left his position at The Royal Bank of Scotland and is excited to bring his skills and knowledge to the company.

Peter grew up in southern Utah. He enjoys playing basketball and spending time with friends and family. He loves people and enjoys helping them with their goals. His goal with Superior Accounting Solutions is to help people increase profits and lower taxes through tax strategy and efficient accounting.

Bill Brough

Tax Manager

Bill received his undergrad degree in music composition, but started a small business in California while pursuing a career in the music industry. This switch to entrepreneurship proved life-changing. Eventually, Bill earned an MBA in finance & accounting, worked several seasons for H&R Block, and took a job as Tax Curriculum Specialist for Universal Accounting, where he became principle author of their four-volume tax course, The Professional Tax Preparer. In 2006 he started Bottom Line Bookkeeping & Tax, focusing primarily on tax services for individuals and small businesses. Bill is a speaker on tax topics for Lorman Education Services, and a former adjunct instructor of financial accounting at Salt Lake Community College. He is currently President of the Utah chapter of NATP (National Association of Tax Professionals).

Bill is married to Elaine Osborne, and they are the parents of two grown children, Sean and Emma. He continues his passion for music by collecting guitars, and after tax season ends, by writing, recording and performing whenever he can.

Sandra Manookin

Bookkeeping Manager

Sandra’s accounting career started with a small Utah oil and gas company, stepping in as their full-charge bookkeeper with no prior experience. Shortly after becoming familiar with the models and cycles of accounting, she knew that is what she wanted to pursue a career in. She graduated from Utah Valley University with an accounting degree in 2008. With over fifteen years of experience, ranging from accounting clerk positions, to serving as PTA treasurer at her children’s elementary school, Sandra has enjoyed all aspects of accounting and the success that it brings.

Sandra has lived in Utah most of her life and is married with three active kids. She enjoys being active, traveling, cooking, and spending quality time with family and friends.

Testimonials

Fast and Efficient

We have been a client for several years now. Superior Accounting provides fast and efficient accounting services. They have always proved to be responsive and helpful with any needs we’ve had. They are excellent at tailoring services to our particular needs at the time. They take a lot of the heavy lifting out of the close process so we can focus on the areas where we want to spend our time.

Campus Books Rentals,Josh Manwaring, Accounting Manager

Quality Customer Service

I would not hesitate to recommend Superior Accounting Solutions on account of their high quality customer service. Ben, the company owner, provided us with his personal cell phone number and is always willing to take our calls! As our company has grown, Superior Accounting Solutions has worked with us to facilitate that growth and keep our finances organized.

Jordan,Cubby's Chicago Beef

High Quality Professionals

Superior Accounting has high quality professionals who have adapted to the changing circumstances of our business. They have provided great financial advice and are very knowledgeable when it comes to the tax code.